Event Photographs

Attendees at the W2i Digital Cities Convention (Europe), afternoon of 8 November 2005: Sonja Reece, Vice Chair, ICT Committee, National League of Cities (foreground).

"The Role of Local Authorities" Panel at the W2i Digital Cities Convention (Europe), afternoon of 7 November 2005 (from left): representative of Wi-Fi Company, Italy, introducing a video of the Mayor of Apricale, Italy; Dianah Neff, Chief Information Officer, City of Philadelphia (U.S.A.); Iñaki Suarez, Director for Information Society, SPRI, Basque Government, Spain; Sonja Reece, Vice Chair, ICT Committee, National League of Cities.

"Public-Private Partnerships" Panel at the W2i Digital Cities Convention (Europe), morning of 8 November 2005 (from left): Philip McKinder, Education & Local Government, British Telecom; Gabriel Vizzard, Marketing Director, Last Mile Communications; Juan José Mendizabal, Manager, ITELAZPI, Basque Region; Chairman Daniel Aghion, Executive Director & Cofounder, W2i; Ana Cristina Hofmann, Project Director, Petrópolis-Tecnópolis, Brazil; Ignacio Molinos Gallo, Network Planning Director, Euskaltel.

"Which Networks for Which Users?" Technology Panel at the W2i Digital Cities Convention (Europe), morning of 8 November 2005 (from left): Chair, Giles Norman, Global Solutions Manager, Wireless and Mobile, IBM; Guillermo Vazquez, Marketing Director, Broadband Wireless Telecom Services, Iberbanda; Sergio Cabral, Founder, Grupo Taho, and Chairman, IdeaValley; Alejandro Arnaiz, Director of Sales, Europe, Tropos Networks; Sergio Levrino, President, The Wi-Fi Company.

"Connecting Rural and Low-Density Areas for Economic and Social Development" Case Study Panel at the W2i Digital Cities Convention (Europe), afternoon of 8 November 2005 (from left): Chair, Fernando Donoso, Product Line Manager, SR Telecom; Jordi Compte, CEO, Flash10; Ignacio Molinos Gallo, Network Planning Director, Euskaltel, Spain; Laurent Gil, Idea Valley, presenting a case study from Jigawa State, Nigeria; Hector Alberto Navarro, President, ADESO, Argentina.

"Municipal Applications: Public Safety, Workforce Productivity, Traffic and Transportation" Case Study Panel at the W2i Digital Cities Convention (Europe), afternoon of 8 November 2005 (from left): James Farstad, Founder & President, rClient (Minneapolis, Minnesota, U.S.A.); Philip McKinder, Education & Local Government, British Telecom; Graham Ellis, Director of Policy and Communications, Westminster City Council, London (UK); Chair, Evelyn Rys, Business Development Manager, CISCO Systems; John Domblides, Team Leader, ITS, City of Portsmouth (UK).

"Enhancing Quality of Life for Urban Communities" Case Study Panel, W2i Digital Cities Convention (Europe), afternoon of 8 November 2005 (from left): Chair, Ben Chapman, Public Sector Marketing Manager, Intel Europe Middle East and Africa; Dianah Neff, CIO, City of Philadelphia, U.S.A.; David Jarvis, President & CEO, UniNet, South Africa; Tony Perez, Director, Office of Cable Communications, Seattle, Washington.

"Elected Officials Role in Fostering Broadband-Wireless Deployments for Cities, States, and Regions" Panel at the W2i Digital Cities Convention (Europe), morning of 9 November 2005 (from left): Johnny Terán Salcedo, Mayor, Babahoyo, Ecuador; Chair, Julio Pereyra, President, Latin American Municipalities Federation (FLACMA); Melody Cooper, City Councilwoman, Corpus Christi, Texas (U.S.A.).

"Elected Officials Role in Fostering Broadband-Wireless Deployments for Cities, States, and Regions" Panel at the W2i Digital Cities Convention (Europe), morning of 9 November 2005: Chief Information Officer, Dakar, Senegal.

"Structured Brainstorming Workshop Reporting Session," W2i Digital Cities Convention (Europe), afternoon of Wednesday, 9 November 2005: Chair #1, Costis Toregas, President Emeritus, Public Technology Institute, presenting.

"Structured Brainstorming Workshop Reporting Session," W2i Digital Cities Convention (Europe), afternoon of Wednesday, 9 November 2005: Chair #2, James Farstad, Founder & President, rClient (Minneapolis, Minnesota, U.S.A.), presenting.

"Conclusions and Adjournment" Session, W2i Digital Cities Convention (Europe): Sarbuland Khan, Executive Coordinator, United Nations ICT Task Force speaking (at left).

"Conclusions and Adjournment" Session, W2i Digital Cities Convention (Europe): Axel Leblois, Cofounder, W2i; Senior Special Fellow, UNITAR, speaking.